Allmans, RatDog a dandy duo at CMAC
By: Jeff Sevak For: The Democrat and Chronicle If the Allman Brothers Band would come out some night and simply play Live at Fillmore East from start to finish, that’s all many of their fans would need. If RatDog would come out and simply play the Grateful Dead, that’s all the fans of the Dead’s […]
Allmans come out smokin’
By: Neil Kirby For: The Saratogan Nearly 40 years after the Allman Brothers’ first performance in Jacksonville, Fla., some might wonder if the legendary jam band has, like other artists famous for pushing the proverbial envelope in the late ’60s and early ’70s, gone by the way of carin.’ Today, the band sounds like an […]
Allman Brothers are still the real deal
By: Ryan Alan For: Fosters When publicists for the Allman Brothers Band suggest the storied group still plays like they have something to prove, it is not intended as mere press bio flourish. That’s because it is the truth, said Warren Haynes, a veteran member of the beloved Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band, […]
Allman Brothers Band Jams
By: Peter Noll For: The Sun Chronicle When describing an Allman Brothers show, it may be just as useful to start by describing what you won’t get. You won’t get a steady stream of decades-old hits, sure to please casual fans looking for a blast of nostalgia. That may be a winning formula for many […]
Still ramblin’
By: John Ferguson For: LancasterOnline The same day Dickey Betts left the Allman Brothers Band, his former bandmates dropped his most popular song, “Ramblin’ Man,” from their repertoire — permanently. It wasn’t animosity that moved them to ax the tune from their set lists; it was monotony. “As soon as Dickey left, we never did […]
Allman Brothers: Music That Lasts
By: Leah Igdalsky For: The Courant The average song lasts about four minutes. This is not the case for tunes by Bob Weir & Ratdog or the Allman Brothers Band. Wednesday night at the Dodge Music Center in Hartford, most songs spanned 10 minutes or more. Weir, the singer and guitarist of Grateful Dead fame, […]
Allman Brothers Band Planning Star-Studded 40th
By: Gary Graff For: Billboard The Allman Brothers Band is planning to use next year’s engagement at New York’s Beacon Theatre as the focal point for the group’s 40th anniversary celebration. “We’re planning a big one, man, a real big one,” Gregg Allman tells Billboard.com. “We’re trying to get all the people we know that […]
Allman Brothers’ new intensity onstage Friday at CMAC
By: Jeff SPevak For: The Democrat and Chronicle OK, it looks as though John Mayer’s not gonna call, despite the fact that I really want to talk to him about this breakup with Jennifer Aniston that I’ve been reading about. And discuss the photos of him in a hot tub with cool-looking women — no […]
Allman Brothers’ musicianship thrills – as always
By: Pete Colaizzo For: The Poughkeepsie Journal As my wife and I walked into the beautiful Bethel Woods Center for the Arts for Tuesday night’s Allman Brothers Band show, we were greeted with an unexpected sun shower. The downpour left us scurrying for cover for a few minutes. After the rain quickly passed, there was […]
Allman Brothers Band Hits the Road Again
By: Alan Sculley For: The Eagle Tribune The Allman Brothers Band has reconvened for a short summer tour that essentially marks the 40th anniversary of the group many people credit with inventing Southern rock. They have no special plans to commemorate the milestone, however, said bassist Oteil Burbridge in an interview in advance of their […]
Allman Brothers Band Spreads Sweet Jam
By: Tom Kielty For: The Boston Herald Fans at Mansfield’s Comcast Center knew what they were in for Saturday during a double bill featuring the rejuvenated Allman Brothers Band and Grateful Dead alum Bob Weir’s Ratdog. Attendees were happily submerged in a vat containing four hours of jam and most of the near-capacity crowd left […]
Reality Overpowers Myth
By: Dan Wilcock For The Troy Record Allman Brothers bass player Oteil Burbridge was six years old when he first heard the Allman Brothers do “Whippin’ Post.” In a phoned interview last week, I tried to explain to him how unusual the band was even in 1971. Because Duane Allman introduced slide guitar to a […]